What to do about this?

Discussion in 'Guidelines / Compliance' started by overdrive, Apr 9, 2007.

  1. #1
    All right, I just got this from the adsense team and I dont really know what the hell to do?? Anyone got any ideas? Thanks!

    "It has come to our attention that invalid clicks or impressions have
    been generated on the Google ads on your site(s) through users of
    third-party programs paid or provided with other incentives to visit
    your site. Such programs include, but are not limited to auto-surf,
    pay-to-surf, pay-to-read, or pay-to-click sites.

    Please bear in mind that if we continue to detect invalid clicks or
    impressions from these services on your ads, we may disable your
    account to protect our advertisers. In addition, we may adjust your
    future payments for any days during which invalid clicks occurred in
    order to properly credit advertisers for any invalid activity.

    We understand that you may wish to receive specific information
    regarding the invalid activity we observed on your account. However,
    due to the proprietary nature of our algorithm, we cannot disclose any
    details about how our monitoring technology works or what specifics we
    found on your account.

    As a reminder, any method of generating invalid clicks or impressions
    is strictly prohibited by our Terms and Conditions and program policies:

    https://www.google.com/adsense/localized-terms?hl=en_US
    https://www.google.com/adsense/policies?hl=en_US

    For your reference, you can find tips and guidelines for keeping your
    account in good standing by visiting our Help Center at
    https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/answer.py?answer=23921&hl=en_US.

    Sincerely,

    The Google AdSense Team"
     
    overdrive, Apr 9, 2007 IP
  2. Fka200

    Fka200 Guest

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    There isn't much you can do. Just log where your traffic is coming from, and if you find anything suspicious block them. Let Adsense know that you are trying to take care of it, and genuinely try to do so!

    - Install AdLogger
    - Check to see if there are any AutoSurf programs with your site
     
    Fka200, Apr 9, 2007 IP
  3. ablaye

    ablaye Well-Known Member

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    Make sure you did not buy any "traffic". Something, these programs just increase the number of impressions but do not bring you any legit traffic.
     
    ablaye, Apr 9, 2007 IP
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    CountryBoy Prominent Member

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    Jolly sporting that they sent you a warning. As the others said make sure you aren't enrolled with any traffic exchange type programs. Do a backlink search on your domain and you should be able to find anything untoward.
     
    CountryBoy, Apr 10, 2007 IP
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    massiva Active Member

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    And maybe it's a good idea to disable your ads until you resolve thiss issue
     
    massiva, Apr 10, 2007 IP
  6. overdrive

    overdrive Active Member

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    I did purchase traffic, but cancelled before it started. I wonder if it got a few through before the cancellation. I do not know. I have searched the logs and nothing suspicious from what I can tell right now! Thanks for the info!
     
    overdrive, Apr 10, 2007 IP
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    CountryBoy Prominent Member

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    Your link might have been on the traffic generation site's catalogue page (for want of a better expression). Google would detect your link if it was there, so maybe this has been the trigger even if you didn't get any traffic.

     
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  8. overdrive

    overdrive Active Member

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    You could be right on that one. I told them to delete all my information so it wouldnt be on the site. I also adviced google and they appreciated the information! I still have my personal adsense account if anything happens to this one!
     
    overdrive, Apr 10, 2007 IP
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    scodal Peon

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    So.. this means you aren't allowed to do traffic exchanges with relevant link partners?
     
    scodal, Apr 13, 2007 IP